Monday, June 8th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) We had fun in Language Arts using a “Do a Dot” art project. We wrote letters and made a painting with our cool
2.) We read a book called Pull Lift, and Lower. A pulley is a simple machine that helps us lift objects that would normally be too heavy to move.
3.) During Social Skills we read some stories about good manners. Then we discussed and acted out some social situations saying please, thank you, excuse me, and sorry.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Made our '-ing' wheels! We reviewed words that end with 'ing', then made a word wheel that shows different words and pictures of things that end with 'ing'.
2.) Worked on our counting and sorting skills during our classroom inventory! We went through huge piles of games and learning materials in our classroom and sorted them into different piles as we helped Miss Courtney and Miss Deanna organize our classroom for the end of the year.
3.) Sorted our book collection into fiction and non-fiction books! We went through our class library and found some of our old favorites - we had a great time remembering some of the great stories we've read over the year!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) Fitness was a lot of fun! We played with net catchers where we had to throw and catch the ball with the net. We also had to do our warm-ups for the last time this year!
2.) In Music, we went on a Bear Hunt and sang “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad!”
3.) We learned about how things that work this afternoon, and followed our water lessons last week by learning what different kinds of boats travel on the water and how they work!

The Golden Owls:
We had a Magical Monday in the Golden Owls!
1.) During our la blocks we had a discussion on President Obama and what we had read and remembered about him from last week. We then watched a PBS special on his life and compared it to what we already knew.
2.) During math we did timed mad minutes before we split up into groups and worked on money, multiplication, adding and subtracting with regrouping and borrowing.
3.) We had our last fitness class of the year today with Ms. Julie! We played some of our favorite games (beamos and boinga) as well as a new game with chirping eggs. We worked a great deal on teamwork and had a really fun time!
*Please note that the only homework for the rest of the week is to read!

FROM THE OFFICE:
If there are any families who had to borrow an extra set or article of clothing this year, please be sure to clean and return the clothing before the end of school next week. We really appreciate your help with this!!
** DISMISSAL TIME THURSDAY 6/11 HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 12PM**